Moncton Airport

Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport Greater area

The Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc Airport [5] (GMIA, French: Aéroport internationally Roméo-LeBlanc du Grand Moncton[6]) or Moncton/Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc Airport [7] (IATA: YQM, ICAO: CYQM) is situated in the town of Dieppe 4 sea mile ( 7. 4 km; 4. 6 mi) easterly northeast[1] of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. January 11, 1928 saw the first regular service from the greater Moncton area.

These flights carried postal services and passenger to the Magdalen Islands. A part of this property was given to the town of Moncton by Simon B. LeBlanc of Leger's corner, a builder, landowner and proprietor of the LeBlanc wholesale market and postal service on the southern edge of today's Acadie Ave and Champlain St. roads. In 1929, a municipal corporation purchased the property on the Léger's corner runway and over the years, two airstrips and airplane service facilities were built.

The Moncton Aero Club was established in 1929, as was the International Airways Flying School. This later became the Moncton Fellowship, one of Canada's most outstanding flying colleges. In the same year, the airport extended its airmail services to Prince Edward Island and Montreal.

Transport Canada and the Colombian authorities in 1936 debated the feasibility of building an airport capable of trans-Canadian traffic. Léger's Corner was unsuited for further growth and instead selected a site in Lakeburn as its new airport location. Two more unpaved runways and a sealed airstrip were built.

The Ministry of Defence opened a flying academy in March 1940 under the aegis of the British Commonwealth Plan for Aviation Schooling. Also during the time of the Napoleonic Wars, a new hanger was built at the airport as a place for repairs and servicing. In the 1940' s civil aviation extended and became available for Montreal, Halifax, Charlottetown, Sydney, Saint John, Fredericton and Newfoundland.

Trans-Canada Airlines' hanger (later to become AAIL ) became the site for the first flight facility. 1952 a bigger hanging was rebuilt to a new airport wing, which was damaged by a fire later. A spare diffuser was built in 1953. The further growth in 1964 entailed many changes at the airport, among them an airport security turret and a new operating facility.

It was extended again in 1976. Over the years, many renovation works have been carried out at the airport terminals, among them 1998-99, an arrival area that meets the needs of the 8th Sommet de la Francophonie of 1999. At the same a large runway was built on the opposite side of the airport, which was later to become the site of the new airport terminus.

Dozens of flight with over 2,000 passenger were redirected to Greater Moncton Airport. The new, state-of-the-art intercontinental flight facility was finished in May 2001 and opened in 2002 by Queen Elizabeth II. Greater Moncton is New Brunswick's most congested airport, serving more than 552,629 people a year.

Continental Airlines wholly owned Continental Express Moncton's only non-stop U.S. flight to Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, near New York City, was launched in May 2006 by Continental Express Moncton's Continental Express daughter. Moncton -Newark was discontinued on 19 September 2014. FedEx Express and Purolator Courier both have large airport sheds.

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